A plane that lands on a dime…
It took NZ Aero’s chief executive Stephen Burrows several years to fulfil his childhood passion of having a career in aviation. Back in the 1980s he would look up when planes flew over his family’s…
It took NZ Aero’s chief executive Stephen Burrows several years to fulfil his childhood passion of having a career in aviation. Back in the 1980s he would look up when planes flew over his family’s…
Waipā’s My Mortgage, Treadlite NZ, Central Kids Early Education and the New Zealand Fieldays Society were among the major winners at last weekend’s Waikato Business awards. The awards, presented at a gala night at Claudelands,…
Three Waipā roads and one street will have 4.3kms of pavement rehabilitated in the current construction season starting next month at a cost of $1.92 million. Hogan Road (Cambridge), Arapuni Road (Arapuni), Te Mawhai Road…
Grey Street, north of Hamilton Road in Cambridge, will become a cul-de-sac and other streets and neighbourhoods made more cycle friendly, under recommendations made to the council by Cambridge Community Board. At its meeting last…
The committee behind planning for the $33.1 million Te Ara Wai Museum in Te Awamutu met this week but, as with previous meetings this year, most of it was behind closed doors. The meeting took…
Four historic Māori names for parks and reserves have been approved by Waipā’s Service Delivery committee – and more naming decisions await. Whare marama Reserve in Leamington, Pirongia’s Mātakitaki, Tūrata in Kihikihi and Waipuke, on…
Timed parking in Queen and Lake streets and more dedicated coach stops in Cambridge are a feature of a proposal Waipā District Council will put to retailers in the area. Transportation manager Bryan Hudson told…
A councillor has broken ranks over proposals to charge ratepayers a raft of new fees to raise money. Mike Montgomerie was vocal in his opposition after workshop talks about cutting community grants, increasing fees and…
Papers and presentations Waipā councillors are privy to at public workshops are not shared in advance or during the meetings. While that makes it virtually impossible for the public to follow what the councillors are…
Preparedness matters. That is the theme of a Waipā District Council-organised workshop in Ōhaupō for lifestyle blockers. The facilitator is Hayley Squance who has a PhD in emergency management and is a veterinarian with extensive…
